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locals. Amita Singh, Circle Officer (Alambagh), said the woman was living in a rented house in Alambagharea with her husband and two children. The incident took place when there were not many people on theroad as it was raining, she said, adding that the woman suffered about 20 per cent burns. Singh saidprima facie it has been found that the woman's family had a dispute with another man in their village inRae Bareli district and she had filed a case under Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention ofAtrocities) Act against him. The woman has alleged that she was being harassed by the family of theaccused, Tribhuan Singh, to withdraw the case. She said that she had seen the persons who threw acidat her earlier also but did not know their names, the CO said. (Indian Express 16/2/13)Doctor, accomplice charge sheeted for gangraping Dalit girl (2)Muzaffarnagar: A doctor and his accomplice were charge sheeted today for allegedly abducting andraping an 18-year-old Dalit girl, police said. The doctor, Praveen Kumar Saini, and his friend DeepakKumar abducted the girl from Haibatpur village under Charthawal police station area when she hadstepped out of her home to relieve herself on January 16, police said. The duo raped her, they said,adding, police today filed charge sheet against the accused. Praveen has already surrendered in court,while the other accused is still absconding, police said. The victim was medically examined to confirm therape and her statement has been recorded in court, police said. (Hindustan Times 16/2/13)Dalit minor girl goes missing, family alleges kidnap by upper-caste boy (2)Panchkula: A Dalit girl has been kidnapped in Barwala and her parents are alleging that the person whohas abducted her is from an upper caste family. According to the family of the girl, Amita Karan, she wasnot found in her room by her father five days ago when the family members went to wake her up. Herfather, Ram Karan, said a boy from an upper caste family, who is working as a driver, abducted her. Thegirl is a minor. He however said that police has been unable to act on his complaint. Ram Karan said thata complaint was registered with the police, but neither the boy nor the girl could be traced. "We called thegirl on her cell phone yesterday, she picked up the phone but was made to snap the call by the personwho has abducted her. But police is saying that they cannot trace her and the girl will return on her own,"he said. The girl's father filed a complaint with Deputy Commissioner of Police, Panchkula, asking him tospeed up the investigation in the case. The girl is a minor, he said, adding that the boy has abducted herby deceiving her and convincing her that he will marry her. He said that an upper caste person from thevillage has been threatening him and has even coerced Kumar marry his girl to the boy. (Indian Express17/2/13)Unite or vanish, say Dalit, Adivasi women in one voice (2)Mumbai: "It is time to organize and keep our movement alive, rewrite history, and retell it to the world,"said 48-year-old Dayamani Barla. "Or else Dalit and Adivasi women will soon be found only in museumsand libraries," Barla, a Jharkhand land rights activist and journalist, said addressing a first-of-its-kindconference, 'All India Dalit and Adivasi Women's Congress' at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) onFriday. In a unique two-day session, over 200 Dalit and Adivasi women gathered to make their voicesheard. "Like sheep and cattle, our men and women (Dalit and Adivasi) have been parcelled from onestate to another for political rallies, it is time for us to rise above being decorative pieces in thesedominant caste politics and build our political power based on ideology," said P Sivakami, former IASofficer, and acclaimed Dalit writer and politician. Sivakami, who earlier contested the general election in2009 on a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ticket from Kanyakumari and lost, has floated her own partySamuga Samathuva Padai (Forum for Social Equality). A motley group of writers, academicians,researchers, activists, professionals and students shared their experiences underlining their message to"organize, unite and fight." Students from over 20 universities across the country gathered to hear thewomen speak. Expressing the pressing need to organize and collectively make inroads into themainstream, Barla said tribal women have participated in jungle andolans along with men on an equal
footing. It was Barla's first public appearance since her release in December after spending nearly twomonths behind bars. She was arrested for leading a protest against the Jharkhand government's allegedacquisition of fertile land to build a Law university. (Indian Express 20/2/13)Dalits barred from taking part in temple function (2)AJMER: The old and evil order of casteism and untouchability refused to die down and recently reared upit's ugly head with dalits being prevented from taking part in a yagna for a temple inauguration, for whichthey too have contributed. The incident happened in an interior village, Dhaulat Khera, of Pisangan blockin Ajmer district on Wednesday. Daulat Khera has about 450 households dominated by Jats, Rawats andNats. There are also 25 houses of Meghwals and three from the Raiger community. The village is mostlydependent on rain harvesting and cattle farming. When the need of a Tejaji temple was discussed, thevillagers decided to collect contributions from every household and each house has to pay Rs 2,500. "Wecontributed for the temple and therefore we too have the right to participate in every ritual there," amember of the dalit community preferring anonymity said. The inauguration of the temple was organizedWednesday morning and when the members of the dalit community reached there to take part in theyagna, they were denied entry by the powerful groups of the village. "They told us that only 51 coupleswill sit in the yagna and that we would not be allowed in it," he added. Congress MLA Mahandera SinghGujjar and other local representatives participated in the inauguration but said they were not aware ofsuch an incident. Sub-divisional magistrate Rajesh Goyal went to the spot upon receiving the informationand asked the community members to come out to register a complaint but none came forward. "I haveno idea if any member from the dalit community was banned from participating in the yagna," theCongress MLA said. Even sarpanch Chagan Lal Prajapat denied any orders on banning anyone fromparticipating in the yagna. "It is a tradition that only those who give money for sitting in the yagna areallowed and the dalits had not paid of it," he said. Meanwhile, a meeting was also called in which it wasdecided that a police complaint must be made but no one agreed to stand against the powerful groups ofthe village. "I got the call from the village of the ban and rushed to the place. I told everyone that if theyhad any problem they could contact immediately but no one came forward. I even asked them to come toa nearby government school if they are afraid of speaking in the village but in vain," said Bewar SDMRajesh Goyal. Goyal had deputed patwaris and other officials in the village to look into the issue. "I havetold them that if anyone comes forth in this regard, he or she should be brought to my office for furtheraction," the SDM added. Officials said if any dalit has a complaint regarding inequality, action will betaken as per law. "There is anxiety in the village and we are trying to convince people of the community tospeak out so that action can be taken," said Ramesh Bansal, coordinator of the Dalit Rights Center.(Times of India 21/2/13)Even minor offences against dalits may invite harsher penalty (2)NEW DELHI: Soon, even minor offences against dalits will come with higher costs. The government isplanning to include under the Prevention of Atrocities Act offences that attract less than 10-year jail term,a move that would compound the punishment since offences under the Act are non-bailable and are triedunder special courts. Presently, only crimes with more than 10-year term under IPC, with someexceptions, fall under the atrocities Act. The 10-year bar had left serious violations like rape, kidnappingand grievous hurt out of the purview of the stringent law. The inclusion of rape and other offences underthe atrocities law would eliminate the possibility of police diluting the intensity of the crime by claiming thatcaste was not the ground for the offence. According to sources, all the offences mentioned in the CriminalLaw Amendment Bill, being brought as part of beefing up laws on crimes against women post-Nirbhayacase, would also attract the atrocities law if the victim is a dalit. Union social justice ministry is mullingchanges to the atrocities law that were discussed by social justice minister Selja with state ministers onWednesday. "We plan to bring the amendments in the budget session," she said. The atrocities Act willnow include violations like criminal conspiracy with victim being dalit (Section 120), unlawful assembly to
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caste marriages and waning prejudic
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provisions under the SC/ST Act in t
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Castes recently received complaints
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cancellation of the Dalit certifica
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Bihar: Dalit girl’s rape, murder
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New Delhi: With more than 626 milli
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fish around. Often, young Dalits wo
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Dinesh Parmar, who had attended the
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said Bhardwaj, adding even then the
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